Harworth Group has appointed Kate Morris-Bates to the newly created role of group resources and transformation director. In her role, Morris-Bate, who will report to chief executive Lynda Shillaw, will have responsibility for Harworth’s HR, business support, workplace development and internal communications functions. The transformation element of her role will see her working closely with the senior executive team and across the business and will be critical to delivering Harworth’s strategy to grow the business to £1bn by 2027.
Morris-Bate spent the past six years running her own businesses within the wellbeing, learning and development, and executive development sectors and prior to this spent almost 20 years working in and leading corporate teams in the facilities management and risk management space, latterly at the Co-operative Group.
Shillaw said: “Kate is an excellent addition to the Harworth team, bringing with her extensive transformation and resourcing expertise. Kate’s appointment will be key to realising our growth strategy and delivering on our purpose of creating sustainable places where people want to live and work.”
Morris-Bates added: “I am extremely pleased to be joining Harworth and to be supporting Lynda and the team in achieving the group’s growth ambitions. I was drawn to Harworth by the opportunity to be part of a high performing team, contribute to a shared strategy, and play a leading role in a business with such strong sustainability credentials, and I can’t wait to get started.”
